You should try and format your questions better!
The answer is B. Surviving droughts
4(4 - 3x) = 4 <em>divide both sides by 4</em>
4 - 3x = 1 <em>subtract 4 from both sides</em>
-3x = -3 <em>divide both sides by (-3)</em>
<h3>x = 1</h3>
So the total price would be 100% + 8% tax = 108% of the original price. Since 108% written as a decimal is 1.08, we can do the following:
5,000 * 1.08 = 5,400
Take $1.75 from the $10 then dived the 55cents into the sum. Thus $10 - $1.75 = $8.25. / .55 =15 miles exactly